Friday evening so the pub was packed, a mixture of suits, Masons, and a party of bemused Japanese tourists who were eating a full British 3 course meal. The Bishop's Finger was excellent, and remarkably good value for the area. Always worth a visit if in the Covent Garden region.

Fairly dull pub as others have said - not a massive fan of Shepherd Neame beers though you're ok if the Whitstable Bay is on. However, it is a 100% reliable pub for watching sport. Very few places in Soho / Covent Garden these days who are prepared to foot Sky and BT Sport bills, but this has become our default central London pub for the football....

Chose this pub after the London Marathon as we were struggling to find a pub in Covent Garden that had somewhere to sit, and I remembered the Freemason's Arms, and knew that it would be half empty. Sure enough, it was. Thank god for dull pubs! Shame they weren't doing food on a Sunday afternoon, and the snacks offered were fairly limited.